Shahzad Ahmad
Accounts & Finance
Dubai
Summary of Career
Experience as Chief Accountant
Mediclinic Middle East Management
14 April 2014
31 December 2022
Assisted Accounts, Finance & Management Department of the company which includes:
- Managing financial and accounting control operations of Bourn Hall Fertility Clinics.
- Ensuring efficient, effective, and timely Financial Statement Closure Process (FSCP).
- Ensuring all costs are accounted on a timely manner, provisions are created where required, prepaid and accruals are managed as per contracts
- Preparing monthly revenue reports and formulating variance analysis on a monthly, quarterly, and year-to-date basis as well as various OPEX and COS reporting elements.
- Working on asset scorecards, annual budgets, and CAPEX monitoring.
- Preparing monthly MIS presentations for submission to Executive Team.
- Responsible to maintain SAP ERP system finance function across the business units.
- Contribution to the development of finance SOPs in line with Group Policies.
- Participating in management meetings and maintaining professionalism and confidentiality as per the organization’s standard code of conduct.
- CBD Doctors working and supplier wise spend by each department and analysis.
- Managing payroll process and ensuring staff benefits calculation as per UAE Labor Laws.
- Managing vendor and customer accounts, aging analysis & generating on-demand cheques/wire transfers.
- Preparing monthly bank reconciliations & cash flow statements.
- Working with executives to create an annual budget and track actual expenses against projected.
- Liaise with bankers, insurers, and solicitors regarding financial transactions.
- Responsible for VAT compliance checking, submission of VAT return filing, and refund requests with required supporting documents to FTA.
- Preparing documents and reports for external audit.
Experience as Accountant
FourMed Medical Supplies LLC
11 March 2011
30 June 2013
Assisted Accounts, Finance & Logistics Department of the Company which includes:
- Managing accounts, sales & Inventory reports monthly and periodic basis.
- Managing calculation of sales team KPIs, and variance analysis on the budget to actual sales.
- Conducting a series of inventory reports on a weekly & monthly basis and performing a detailed analysis of item-wise performance.
- Managing company expenses, funds transfers, LCs management, and other financial procedures as per company policies.
- Managing payroll process and ensuring staff benefits calculation as per UAE Labor Laws.
- Establishing, maintaining, and monitoring vendors’ & customers’ accounts and ensuring accurate timely entry of transactions.
- Managing accounts receivables and payables along with continuous aging analysis and assisting executives on related issues.
- Managing billing disputes and preparing necessary journal entries to adjust and correct errors or issue rebates.
- Managing receivable recovery system and initiating collection efforts by telephone, e-mail & personal visits.
- Contributing to budgetary planning and development in collaboration with the Finance Manager.
- Preparing monthly and annual financial statements and coordinating with external auditors.
Master 30 June 2008
MBA Finance